Monkey See, Monkey Do

Did some more Inquisition commission, including this Jokaero. Decided to give him a little mandrill colouring, just to shake up the ol' orangutan thing. I also did the rest of the retinue, but this one stood out the most...

"Phone home..."

No One Expects the French Inquisition

Just a little commission; GK Dreadknight and a Bastion, Tier 1.

Cheese-eatin' Surrender Monkeys

Space Shark Contemptor

The client for the Space Sharks army is shuffling his list around a bit so needed this fine piece done up to match. Pretty happy with how he came together, especially the gold detailing. Coming up next on this project is a Librarian and two more camo Vets...

Grey Knights as Space Sharks Complete!

Just over a month total in total, I really like how it turned out.

Space Sharks "Tactical" Squad and Rhino

They look pretty good all together, I'm not doing the bases because the client is getting some engraved clear resin bases (with Aquilas!).

I didn't get a shot of the side door with the Shark emblem but the symbol on the top hatch is copied from the Forge World Space Sharks transfer sheet.

Grey Knights as Space Sharks commission tester...

Got an interesting request for a commission. It's a Grey Knights army that is going to be painted Space Shark-y. I was told to downplay the Grey Knights visuals and embellish with a little shark tooth freehand. I went with the RT era helmet stripe, because it's old school, and distracts from the psychic hood.




Couple pics from a tournament I played Saturday. I didn't do well but I had some really fun games.

A tight game against Sisters of Battle.

Blood Angels v. Lamenters!

New Project: No One Expects the Inquisition

So I realized that with a few small additions I could use elements of my Lamenters army and IG army together in a Grey Knight list. I've resolved to make 19 Death Cult Assassin/Crusaders from Flagellants (going to give them Greek Hoplite helmets and power weapons) and get three sets of Dreadnought Autocannons. Only other thing I need is an Inquisitor to use an Coteaz, I'm thinking of going with one of the female ones. The rationale for the army would be a Lamenter Pentinent Strike Force pushed all the way to the end and then absorbed into an Inquisitors retinue. Here is the list I'm making:

HQ
Librarian w/ Stave, Quicksilver, Might of Titan, Shrouding, Warp Rift 205
Coteaz 100

Elites
Techmarine w/ Rad, Psychotroke 115
Techmarine w/ Rad, Psychotroke 115

Troops
5*Assassins, 3*Crusaders, Banisher w/ Eviscerator 150
6*Assassins, 3*Crusaders, Banisher w/ Eviscerator 165
5*Warriors w/ Razorback w/ Psybolt 70
5*Warriors w/ Razorback w/Assault Cannon, Psybolt 105
5*Warriors w/ 2*Melta, Rhino 80
5*Warriors w/ 2*Melta, Rhino 80

Fast Attack
Stormraven 205
Stormraven 205

Heavy Support
Psyfleman 135
Psyfleman 135
Psyfleman 135

From the Tables... Titan Goes to War

So this month the league is 2,500 points. Week 1 I played Dawn of War, Annihilation against a nasty Draigo list. This was going to be an extremely uphill battle for me, as our armies had a 19-8 KP spread, and all of his units were extremely durable. I'd have to hit hard and fast while trying to mitigate loss on my more fragile units (read: Rhino hulls). I get first turn and place nothing, my opponent places two fat blobs of Paladins with Draigo at mid table.

I rush on Turn 1 and Night Fight protects me from the Psyflemen.

I get a charge off on one of the Paladin units with the Death Company and two Blood Talon Dreadnoughts. Blood Talons are pretty good against these guys. Here you can see where I had a Stormraven blow up and kill two of my Assault Terminators.

I kill Draigo and a whole unit of Paladins without them claiming a KP. Unfortunately his Psyflemen have been eating up light vehicles in my backfield, and I'm in a big hole KP wise.

Here we see his line shifting away from me, as I have lost my mobility and long range power. He is up in KP and can simply conserve his remaining units.

Probably would have been more entertaining and in no way challenged his win if my opponent had opted to engage me for the last few turns. It got a little boring watching him move backwards and shooting at me, but his prerogative I guess.

So I lost 10-5 KPs even though my opponent only had 9 models left on the board, but I guess that is Draigowing. My opponent had a very good turn 2, where he was able to knock out both Stormravens, a Rhino (plus a key immobilization on another), and disabled both Typhoons. I was happy taking out Draigo and his Paladin unit, I just wished I had done it a little faster so that Mephiston could have gone Dreadnought hunting sooner.

Here are the army lists we used (each x is a KP that was yielded):

Draigo x
3*Venerable Psyflemen xx
10*Paladins w/ 4*Psycannon, 2*Hammers, and full wound allocation x
10*Paladins w/ 4*Psycannon, 2*Hammers, and full wound allocation
2*Psyflemen x

Mephiston
Furioso w/ Blood Talons
5*Assault Terminators w/ 3*Hammers
Priest*2
5*Assault Marines w/ Meltagun, Razorback w/ Heavy Bolter x
5*Assault Marines w/ Meltagun, Razorback w/ Assault Cannon x
5*Death Company w/ Thunder Hammer, Lemartes x
10*Assault Marines w/ 2*Meltaguns, Power Fist, Rhino xx
10*Assault Marines w/ 2*Meltaguns, Power Fist, Rhino x
Death Company Dreadnought w/ Blood Talons x
Land Speeder Typhoon w/ Heavy Flamer x
Land Speeder Typhoon w/ Heavy Flamer
Stormraven w/ Extra Armour x
Stormraven w/ Extra Armour x

From the Tables... Lamenters v. GK

Who has the better Terminators...

This is an old shot I never posted, from my Lamenters first tournament with the new BA book, the Alamo GT 2010. Here my Assault Terminators charge and die against the Grey Knight characters, they've always been a hard match for Blood Angels...